4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (462+ words) A Columbia physician who owns the Columbia Urgent Care clinic was arrested Wednesday and accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, as well as prescribing drugs illegally to friends, others with substance abuse disorders and women with whom he had sexual…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (752+ words) On a Sunday morning last month, James Taq'ac Amik was huddled on a small bridge with his girlfriend. At 4 a. m. , they had scrambled into an 18-foot aluminum motor boat, fleeing floodwaters from a massive storm surge that inundated Kipnuk, a village…...